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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nTOASTMASTER :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Every Gavel Educational Meeting as a \u2018host\u2019 who conducts the meeting and helps the other role players in performing their duties. The \u2018Toastmaster for the Day\u2019 makes sure that all role players have been informed of their duties and that they all are present and ready to carry out their duties at the meeting. On top of that, the Round Robin Master, Table Topics Master, Prepared Speech Evaluators and the General Evaluator are invited to conduct each session of the meeting, by the Toastmaster. Additionally, the Toastmaster gets the honour of picking the \u2018Theme for the Day\u2019, which is a great opportunity to make the Educational Meeting interesting for the members. All in all, from the moment that the President hands over the control to the Toastmaster, until the moment that the control is handed back to the President, the Toastmaster is responsible for the smooth running of the meeting proceedings. It may look like quite a daunting task, but it\u2019s an essential step in learning to be a responsible leader!<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n ROUND ROBIN MASTER :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Now the \u2018Round Robin Master\u2019 is not a role which appears in the \u201cClub Leadership Manual\u201d, but it is an essential role in Educational Meetings conducted by most Gavel clubs, specially Gavel UoC. The Round Robin Master, as the name plainly suggests, is the one who conducts the Round Robin Session, which was introduced by the Toastmasters in Sri Lanka. Since this is the only session where every member in attendance gets a chance to speak, the RRM has to make sure that every member is rightly instructed and encouraged to participate in the session. For an example, the RRM must inform the audience of the general rule of starting one\u2019s 20 second speech with the last word uttered by the previous speaker, and encourage the members to use the \u2018Word of the Day\u2019 in their speeches. Also, the RRM can be creative in devising the session, such as by introducing a theme or a topic to guide the thoughts of the participants!<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n TABLE TOPICS MASTER :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n As the name rightly suggests, the Table Topics Master is the one who conducts the \u2018Table Topics Session\u2019 of the Educational Meeting. Preparation of the Table Topics which have a relevance to the theme of the meeting is an important duty of the TTM, which is a duty that needs to have been completed prior to the start of the meeting.These topics need to be easily understood by a majority of the attendees, so it is advisable not to prepare topics which are too complicated or are generally difficult to approach, while retaining the originality of the topics. It is always expected that the TTM make an enthusiastic introduction at the beginning of the session, where the purpose of the session as well as the necessary guidelines need to be stated. During the Table Topics Session it is necessary that members in attendance be encouraged to participate, and it is expected that the TTM encourage both experienced as well as new members to take the floor. In addition to this, the Topics Master can also come up with exciting new ways of conducting the session, such as by incorporating storytelling into the Table Topics!<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n GENERAL EVALUATOR :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The individual who conducts the evaluation portion of the Educational Meeting, is the General Evaluator. As the name rightly suggests, the General Evaluator\u2019s duty is to evaluator the Educational Meeting in general, including the performance of the fellow role players and the technical details affiliated to the meeting such as the setting. As an evaluator, they are expected to point out the good as well as the bad, and to make appropriate suggestions for improvement. One of the most important duties of the General Evaluator is being responsible to the \u2018Evaluation Team\u2019, which consist of the Speech Evaluators, Grammarian, Ah- Counter and the Timer. Each of these role players needs to informed of their respective duties prior to the meeting, and during the meeting they are initially introduced and later on called forward to give their reports by the General Evaluator. In addition to this, as mentioned before, the performance of all the other role players need to be evaluated by the General Evaluator, which is expected to help these members improve their leadership skills. All in all, you must be a great listener and an even better evaluator and a responsible leader in order to make a good General Evaluator- but remember that there\u2019s nothing you cannot perfect with enough practise and enthusiasm! <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n SPEECH EVALUATORS :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n There are two types of speech evaluation in a Gavel Educational Meeting; Prepared Speech evaluation and Table Topics evaluation. Speech evaluation is a skill which Gaveliers and Toastmasters are encouraged to develop alongside their speech-making skills, which is why taking up the role of a speech evaluator at Educational Meetings needs to be seen as a great opportunity by all Gaveliers. Since there is another article which will be published here covering the area of \u2018Speech Evaluation\u2019 extensively, let it be stated for the moment that speech evaluators play a primary role in helping Gaveliers improve their public speaking skills, and that it is a role which must be carried out with great responsibility and attentiveness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n GRAMMARIAN :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Every Educational Meeting has to have a designated \u2018grammar nazi\u2019, and the Grammarian is just that. One of the key duties of this role is to introduce the \u2018Word of the Day\u2019 to the attendees of the meeting, which needs to be displayed and explained with a few examples at the beginning of the meeting. The main purpose of this activity is to introduce club members to new words, and to encourage them towards expanding their vocabulary which is considered an essential quality of a good speaker. In addition to introducing new words to the members, the Grammarian is also expected to help them in improving their grammar and general language usage. For this, the Grammarian needs to listen to every speaker during the meeting and make a note of commendable as well as reprehensible language usage, and finally comment on these and make necessary suggestions for improvement in the Grammarian\u2019s report during the evaluation session. The gravity of this duty makes the role of the Grammarian a very important one, which is why one is expected to be a very attentive listener and a type \u2018A\u2019 grammar-nazi in order to have perfected this role!<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n AH – COUNTER :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The Ah-Counter\u2019s duty is somewhat similar to that of the Grammarian\u2019s, in that it entails assisting the club members in improving their language usage in public speaking. It is quite common for an average speaker to utilize a certain amount of filler-words to help navigate their ideas in a speech, but a good public speaker is expected to refrain from seeking the help of filler-words. This is where the Ah-Counter comes in, to assist all Gaveliers to keep a check on the use of filler-words such as \u2018ah\u2019, \u2018er\u2019, \u2018em\u2019, \u2018like\u2019 and slang words such as \u2018lit\u2019, \u2018low key\u2019 or \u2018AF\u2019 during their speeches. As the name \u2018Ah-Counter\u2019 rightly suggests, this individual is expected to count the number of times such filler-words are used in every speech made during the Educational Meeting, and present a report during the evaluation session. But it must be remembered that the Ah-Counter is not just someone who counts filler-words and present a report on it; they are also expected to encourage fellow members in getting rid of such speech traits and to praise them in their attempts to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n TIMER :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Making one\u2019s speech within a specific time limit is a skill\nthat all Gaveliers practise during Educational Meetings, and it is to help them\nin this that the role of the Timer exist. At the beginning of the meeting the\nTimer is expected to inform all attendees of the time allocated for each\nspeaker in the Round Robin session, the Table Topic session, prepared speeches\nand evaluations, and following which each speech made during these sessions\nneed to be timed precisely. If it is customary in your Gavel Club to use aids\nsuch as \u2018Timing Cards\u2019 or a bell, the Timer must make sure to know how to\ndisplay or operate these, and must utilize them accordingly. Above all, it is\nessential that the Timer stays alert during each of the speeches made at the\nmeeting, so that they can give a clear, accurate report during the evaluation\nsession. It must always be understood that the speakers as well as speech\nevaluators depend greatly upon the Timer\u2019s report in order to evaluate the\nquality of the speeches, which is why the role of the Timer must be undertaken\nwith great responsibility! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Now,\neven though as much details as possible have been explained here about each of\nthese roles, it is always necessary that newly inducted Gaveliers learn the\nmore intricate details about these roles by observing the senior and\nexperienced members of our clubs perform these duties. Therefore, make sure\nthat you attend more Educational Meetings and watch your fellow members tackle\nthese roles; and last but not least, remember that practising these roles at\nmeetings is the best way to perfect yourself at them, on your way to becoming a\ntrue Club Leader!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the previous installment of \u201cA Gavelier\u2019s Survival Kit\u201d, an introduction was made to the \u201cClub Leadership Manual\u201d which revolves around the various roles a Gavelier could perform at Gavel Educational Meetings. So, picking up from where we left, we thought that it would be a great idea to talk about the said \u2018Meeting Roles\u2019. 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